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YouTube plays out hours long unskipable ads to adblock users
- _tk_ 2y agoThis looks like a bug, not a feature.
- Springtime 2y agoIt's hard to judge if this is a bug (given users who've experienced this as such) or intentional. Someone in that thread says Youtube confirmed they were doing this but when finding a source[1] statement Google don't directly acknowledge this but use language about having launched an effort to urge viewers to allow ads or buy Premium, whatever they may mean by that. [1] https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-long-unskippable-ads-problem-3519957/ https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-long-unskippable-ad...
- gmuslera 2y ago[flagged]
- biohcacker84 2y agoI hop between Opera and Firefox both with addblockers and happily continue to never see an ad on the Internet. I think trying to force ads on adblock users is a bit like if someone had tried to bring back pop-ups.
- RajT88 2y agoExcellent way to push users to other streaming platforms.
- yurishimo 2y agoKick added support for live rewind recently. I suspect it’s only a matter of time before another platform starts to really compete with YouTube. The YouTube player is unironically their greatest feature for me (especially for live video). But I’m also not a huge fan of their algorithm. I use it, but only because they make it so user hostile NOT to use it.
- RajT88 2y agoI love their algo with no personalization (i.e. idle browsing via Invidious). Yeah it fails a lot, but I can click through to YT.
- Tepix 2y agoI've had this happen to me on mobile safari. I now use Brave and YT has no ads other than the content creator's.